The global political environment in the twenty-first century is proving dynamic and challenging for Australian policymakers and political institutions. Australian Politics in the Twenty-first Century contextualises the Australian political landscape through an institutional lens. It examines the legislative and judicial bodies, minor parties, lobby groups, the media and the citizenry, providing historical and contemporary facts, explaining political issues and examining new challenges. The second edition has been updated to reflect the application of political theories in today's civic environment. New spotlight boxes highlight issues including marriage equality, COVID-19 and federalism, the inclusion of First Nations peoples in the political system, and gender equality in public policy. Short-answer, reflection, research and discussion questions encourage students to test and extend their knowledge of each topic and to clearly link theory to practice. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century is an invaluable introduction to the Australian political system.

George Stanley Godwin, a somewhat eccentric writer, lawyer and romantic, suffered an unhappy schooling in an English public school. An exciting period in pre-war Dresden preceded a decision to homestead in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia. Godwin and his bride struggled and failed in their endeavours. Returning to Europe he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force that led to the trenches of Vimy in the Great War. Invalided with tuberculosis he spent a year in a sanatorium in the interior of British Columbia, met and fell in love with a young occupational therapist. Married with two young children he returned to England, to his wife and a life as a less than successful lawyer but a prolific writer. An intense romantic, his writings told of a varied and sometimes troubled life, though with an understanding of the world about him far ahead of his time. Godwin wrote twenty-one books, two of which were brought back into print in the 1990s. These are autobiographical novels. One tells of his struggles as a homesteader and his views of life and politics in the developing British Columbia. The other book is a compelling and vivid description of the Great War and its psychological and physical horrors. A prodigious writer, many of his books are written in the third person and yet contain his very personal views, which, along with his journal and correspondence to his young love, allow the story of his life and writings to be followed.

This book is the story of an extraordinary woman and her remarkable family.

Dr Ethlyn Trapp was that woman, a Canadian medical pioneer in cancer care. She was the first radiotherapist in British Columbia and instrumental in the opening of the British Columbia Cancer Institute. This is the story of her life and not a medical treatise. A world traveller, she gained the respect and friendship of intellectuals, colleagues and children. A friend of Emily Carr, she named her home on the Capilano River in West Vancouver, Klee Wyck, in honour of her famous friend. The subsequent gift of the property to the municipality is just one example of her generosity. Never married, a youthful wartime love only revealed in correspondence half a century later with the words, "my life has been fortunate in so many ways - though not as I would have chosen."

Within seven years of leaving his native England, Thomas Trapp, Ethlyn's father, had crossed an ocean and a continent, sailed from California to Alaska, trekked to the interior of British Columbia and crossed the Rockies in winter. He worked as a ditch digger, prospected for gold, ranched and finally settled into a prosperous business career in New Westminster. In ten years from the age of 45 he fathered four sons and four daughters, one of whom died in infancy. Three boys, all pilots, were killed in the Great War. The story is that of a classic British Columbian pioneer family and a British Columbian woman too little remembered.

The Australian Greens has been described at various times as the fastest growing new party in Australia, its forerunner the United Tasmania Group the first Green party in the world, and its former Leader Bob Brown as a global treasure. The party played a pivotal role after the 2010 federal election in ensuring the Gillard Government was sustained for 3 years. Although battered in the following Abbott landslide election, the party has survived and grown, to become somewhat of a fixture of Australia politics. However, what do we really know about the Greens in Australia? Is the party really just an extension of the environment movement, or has it matured to a professional party, capable of taking on the 'big boys'? This book represents an important effort to come to grips with this question, by talking to the people who make the party tick. Who are the members and activists of the party? What do they think about the political and policy winds sweeping Australia in the early 21st century? And has the party made that transition from a home for tree-huggers and alternative lifestylers to a party ready to work in Government? And the answer must be: yes.